Turkey gearing for invasion of Iraqi Kurdistan

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday March 20, 2003 19:32 by FelixMac

Maybe its embassy should be picketed too!

The US invasion has just begun and now it seems that Turkey is keen on seizing the opportunity to invade Iraq from the north in pursuit of its own geopolitical anti-Kurdish agenda.

Turkey votes to allow use of airspace

March 20, 2003 (16:58) Aertel

The Turkish parliament has decided to allow foreign warplanes to overfly its territory. The move could help the US shorten its war against Iraq. The Turkish parliament also cleared the way for thousands of Turkish troops to be deployed across the border in northern Iraq. advertisement advertisement However, it is understood the United States and Iraqi Kurdish groups in northern Iraq have deep reservations about such a deployment. The parliament has already turned down a US request to allow its troops to use Turkish bases for an invasion of northern Iraq.